Showdown at VW: Last Company Meeting for the Time Being – Now It's About Jobs and Works
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A series of management-employee meetings at the Volkswagen (VW) car company in Germany ends on Monday. The works council met in Hanover, and in the past week the future of the crisis-ridden company has been discussed at seven other factories across the country. The head of the influential IG Metall union in Lower Saxony, where the company is based, said he believes a conflict between employees and management is brewing.
Europe's largest car manufacturer is facing massive cuts that could cost tens of thousands of jobs and entire factories. While management is pushing for drastic austerity measures, the resistance among the workforce and policymakers is growing.
Nine company meetings at a time make the scale of the VW crisis visible. Employees and shareholders are frustrated. For a wide variety of reasons. Politics is building up. How should a path out of misery lead?
A series of management-employee meetings at the Volkswagen (VW) carmaker in Germany will end on Monday (August 31). The works council met in Hanover, and in the past week the future of the crisis-ridden company has been discussed at seven other factories across the country. The head of the influential IG Metall union in Lower Saxony, where the company is based, said he believed a conflict between employees and management was brewing.
Berlin/Hannover - A series of management-employee meetings at the Volkswagen (VW) car group in Germany is ending today. The works council met in Hanover, and in the past week the future of the crisis-ridden company has been discussed at seven other factories across the country. The head of the influential IG Metall union in Lower Saxony, where the group is based, said he believes a conflict between employees and management is brewing.
Tens of thousands of jobs threatened, entire plants on the test bench: thousands of employees come with anxious questions to the employee meetings at Volkswagen. Where is VW currently?
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